Improved



` UNITED 4STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JONATHAN WHITE, OF ANTRIM, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVED APPLE-FABER.

Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 41,658, dated Febuary1G, 1864.

T0 all whom it may concern.:

Beit known that I, J oNAnHAN WHITE, of Antrim, State of New Hampshire,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apple-BaringMachines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, and of its construction and manner ofoperation, reference being had to the annexed or accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and making a part ofthis specication.

The nature of my invention consists in giving to the paring-knife andits stock, when such parts have no motion upon each other, such arotaryr and progressive movement that the knife will, as the apple isrevolved, pass from one end to the other of the apple, and adapt itself'to the varying form and inequalities of the fruit being pared.

Figure lis a view .of the machine with the knife in position to commenceparing the fruit. Fig. 2 is a view of the same machine with the knifethrown back after the fruit has been pared. Fig. 3 is a detached view ofthe principal case.

The apple-mandrel A, with its fork a, is supl ported on a vibratoryframe or lever, B, which is capable of heilig revolved by the action ofthe gears I) c d, the former of which is fixed on the mandrel A andthetwo latter of which revolve on the saine journal, projecting from theframe B, to which also is fixed the handle C. The gear d works into thebeveled section D. The frame B plays ou a center pin, E, which is fixedto the part F, which also supports the sector I), and which is providedwith a clamp, G, to fasten the machine to a table or any suitable place.From the part F projects also a part, e, which is a support for themovable arm or lever H, which carries at its uy per end the knife stockor frame I and knife f. This knife-stock has no motion or movementwhatever upon the arm H, but all necessary motion is given to the knifeso as to properly pare the fruit by the arrangement of the cam K, whichacts against a spur, g, upon the arm H, and thus gives movement to theknife. The knife is kept against the fruits while being pared by thespring 7L.

The machine is operated by moving the handle and frame B from left toright, or in the direction of the arrows, and from one end ofthe sectorto the other. This gives the applemandrel A a compound motion, revolvingit upon its ownaxis and also movingitin the sector of a circle, thusgiving to the fruits such a motion as will cause the knife to cut aspiral shaving from one end of the apple to the other end, or nearly so.The lever or part B terminates in or has upon its projected portion theirregularly-shaped cam K, (shown more plainly in Fig. 8,) andwhich actsagainst and upon the -spur g of the knife-arm H, causing the knife toturn about the fruits as the handle C and mandrel A are moved upon thesector.

When the parts are in the position shown in Fig. l and any fruit isplaced upon the fork a, the spur g is close against the cam K at thepart k, and the knife-stock I and knife rest against the end of theapple. As the frame or lever B is carried along on the sector C the camK, by means of its projection 1, carries the knife outward from thefork, and also forward in a curvilinear movement, so that it passes overand around the swell ofthe stern end of the fruit, paring the skin as itmoves, and such cam K continues to act upon the spur g, turning theknife so that i-t continually adapts itself to the form of the fruit,until the knife stands about parallel with the mandrel, when the spur gleaves the cam K. rIhe knife then remains generally stationary, theremaining portions of the fruit bein gsuccessivel y brought in contactwith the knife by the movement of the mandrel, as it is carried over theremaining portion of the sector. When the handle C and lever B havenearly reached the position shown in Fig. 2, and the fruit has beenpared, the edge l ofthe plate L (which is connected to the under side ofthe cam K) comes in contact with the upper end, on, of the bent lever M(and which turns on the pivot or screw n) and carries it to the positionshown in Fig. 2, the lower end, o, of such bent lever pressing againstthe foot of the arm H, and carrying such arm backward in the slot p andaway from the fruit, so that it (the fruit) can be easily removed fromthe fork. The lower spur, Q, at the foot of the arm H, strikes againstthe part c and acts as a fulcrum, as the lower end, o, of the lever M isapplied to so force backward the arm H. When again the handle C andlever B are carried back on the sector to the position shown in Fig. l,the other edge or shoulder, l', of the plate L comes in contact with theupper end, m, of the bent secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The application and arrangement of the Ginn K, in connection with thespur y, or their substantiel equivalents, for operating` the arm H andperingknife, substantially as and for,

the purposes set forth.l e

2. The application of the bent lever M', when acted upon by the plate L,substantially es described, for moving the knife from the fruit after ithas been pared, and then again releasing the arm l-I I.ind knife f, soas to bev brought in proper position to pare another fruit.

JONATHAN WHITE.

Witnesses HAROLD NELSON, EPHRAIM SIMoNDs.

